Surname Stupić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Stupić families are almost entirely Croats (from Ozalj ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac. In Podgraj in Ozalj every ninth inhabitant had the family name Stupić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Stupić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Podgraj (20), Ozalj (10), Zagreb (<10), Primosten in Sibenik area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Sweden (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Stupić (including: Stupich , Stupic , Stupichev and Stupici ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Stupic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenka Stupić, Višnja Stupić, Mario Stupić, Tihana Stupić, Nikola Stupić, Nada Stupić, Ana Stupić, Ivan Stupić, Franjo Stupić, Zdravko Stupić, Marijan Stupić, Andreja Stupić, Sanja Stupić, Branko Stupić, Dražen Stupić, Marko Stupić, Ljudevit Stupić, Dominika Stupić, Dragutin Stupić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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